Sunday, September 10, 2017

Trebia was the first of two games that I ran at Pacificon. I had originally scheduled the game to run from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM. However, two additional ancients games were added to the schedule with the first starting at noon. Because of this I changed the times from 9:00 until noon. There were six people who participated in the game. Considering all the games that were being run that morning this was a good number of players. The table measured 6 feet by 10 feet.

The armies were as follows:

ROME

UNIT

ATT

DEF

MOVE

MISSILE

MORALE

POINTS

NUMBER

TOTAL

GENERALS

+1

X

14

X

+ OR - 1 OR 0

X

1+8

X

VELITES

3

5

6,8

2"

10

7

20

140

HASTATI

3+2

6

6

X

10

9

20

180

PRINCEPES

3+2

6

6

X

10

9

20

180

TRIARII

4

6

6

X

10

9

20

180

CAVALRY

3

6

12,14

2"

10

10

8

80

760

CARTHAGE

UNIT

ATT

DEF

MOVE

MISSILE

MORALE

POINTS

NUMBER

TOTAL

HANNIBAL

+1

X

14

X

+ OR - 2,1,OR 0

10

1

10

GENERALS

+1

X

14

X

+ OR - 1 OR 0

X

8

X

SLINGERS

2

5

6,8

2"

11

8

1

8

LT INF

3

5

6,8

2"

11

8

15

120

AFRICAN INF.

4

6

6

X

11

10

16

160

SPANISH INF.

3

5

6

X

11

8

8

64

GALLIC INF.

3

5

6

X

10

6

18

108

NUMIDIAN CAV.

3

5

12,14

2"

11

9

8

72

SPANISH HORSE

3

6

12,14

2"

11

10

4

40

GALLIC HORSE

3

6

12,14

2"

10

9

10

90

ELEPHANT

4

6

8

X

10

11

8

88

760

Surprisingly both armies had equal points. There was a special rule that I thought of including for the game to reflect the Romans crossing the cold water of the river and not having time for their morning meal. This was to have the players roll one die for each unit with an odd numbered result causing the unit to start the battle with one hit. Since this was a convention game and meant to be fun for all, I decided not to use this.

The Romans were given the option of how many of their eight cavalry units they would deploy on each flank with some restrictions. They were required to place two on each flank with the remaining four as they chose. They elected to have four cavalry units on each flank. The Carthaginians deployed all their Gallic cavalry on their left flank, all the Numidian cavalry on their right, and sent all the Spanish cavalry on an off table flanking move.

Initial deployment. Romans on right. Carthage on left﻿

View from the opposite end

View from Carthage side. Spanish infantry on right African infantry in the middle, Gauls on left, skirmishers in front.

Carthage had an overwhelming advantage on both flanks with the elephants and cavalry outnumbering the opposing Roman horse, but their infantry was outnumbered by the Roman infantry facing them.
Carthaginian commanders. Steve (Hannibal) at the front and his son Matt at the back..

Roman commanders.

By turn two both armies were engaged in combat. Instead of using their elephants to disrupt and chase off the Roman cavalry and then turning in on the Roman infantry with their cavalry the elephants ended up fighting the Roman infantry and the cavalry became tied down fighting the opposing horse.

Turn one

On turn three the Spanish cavalry arrived on the Roman left flank behind the Roman lines. With their flanks in jeopardy the Romans shifted their velites to protect the flanks of the heavier infantry.

Turn 3 Carthaginian flanking force has arrived and ridden into the rear of the Roman left.

Other end of the battlefield. Roman cavalry has fallen back evading contact

Eventually the Roman infantry were able to cut their way through the opposing infantry center. At this point Carthage conceded and the game was called at 12:06 PM. Actual play had started after 9:00 following an explanation of the game mechanics.

Fighting continues as casualties increase along the line

Gauls are held up

Velites shift to protect flanks of the main battle line

Right end of Carthage infantry routs. Soon to be followed by the rest of the infantry.﻿

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The Roman army is all Rapier Miniatures figures and is just over 2000 figures. The Carthaginians are mix of Irregular, Baccus, H&R, and Rapier. and is also about 2000 figures.

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

I was at Pacificon this past Saturday. There was a great variety of games on Saturday during the day. According to the schedule of events Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday evening could have had more games. One complaint that I heard from quite a few people was the overlapping of times for similar games. This has been happening for the past few years. A couple of years back there were three American Civil War games at the same time.

There was a dealer section. next to the area where the miniature games were being played. This did not have any rule sets or historical miniatures. Though it did have board games and other items.

The following Pictures are most of the miniatures games that were available to choose form on Saturday.

Revised Blog

Instead of posting to different blogs for each period of history, I have decided to combine all blogs into this one. As such it will cover everything from ancients through the future.

The Duchy of Clove-Hamhock

This blog is part of the emperor vs elector campaign.

The Duchy of Clove-Hamhock is located in central Germany. It has had a long if checkered history going back to the Thirty Years War. The duchy survived this period by supporting the side currently in power or with the largest army nearby. It was even known to have been on both sides in the same day as different opposing armies marched through the duchy. The current ruler of the duchy is Herzog Wilhelm Fredrik von Servens II a direct descendant of the original ruler of the duchy Wilhelm Fredrik von Servens I.

Coat of Arms of Clove-Hamhock

The duchy's coat of arms is a smoked ham on a blue field with a clove rampant.

Banner of Iranistan

map of iranistan

Iranistan

Iranistan is located south of the Vilayet Sea and west of Vendhya along the coast of the southern ocean. Reknown for the quality of its fruits and wines, Iranistan also produces medicines, textiles, and precious stones. The capital city of Anshan is located in the fertile valley of the Anshan River. Great walls and mighty fortifications protect the city from any invaders.
Iranistan is a fictional country from Robert E. Howard's Conan series. It is one of several countries in the Kingdoms of Antiquity fictional campaign. http://kingdomsofantiquity.blogspot.com/